MELBOURNE, VIC. 16 AUGUST 1945. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD AT THE SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE ON THE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, St Kilda Road, Shrine of Remembrance
Accession Number 112867
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

MELBOURNE, VIC. 16 AUGUST 1945. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD AT THE SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE VICTORY PACIFIC HOLIDAY ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 100,000 PEOPLE. AFTER THE SERVICE A SALUTE OF 101 GUNS WAS FIRED IN THE DOMAIN. SHOWN, THE GUN TEAMS AT ACTION STATIONS.